Born to run

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FOR MEMBERS of the Democratic Party in the US, today marks an important step down the long road that may lead to the White House. With the primaries over, the party will meet in Boston for the Democratic Presidential Convention, where they will formally elect John Kerry as its candidate. Great occasions, the party conventions are ostensibly celebratory affairs filled with ticker-tape and flashbulbs. But behind the scenes, of course, politics never stops. This year supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton were outraged when it was revealed that she would not have a prominent speaking role at Boston. Could it be